10 Facts About Musicland

Musicland Group, Inc was an entertainment company that ran Musicland, Sam Goody, Discount Records, Suncoast Motion Picture Company, On Cue, and the Media Play Superstore Chains.

The Musicland Group was purchased by Best Buy in 2001 at the height of Musicland's success, which ultimately led to its demise.

In 1964 Musicland merged with JL Marsh and in 1968 with Pickwick International.

Shortly after, Musicland began converting the majority of its stores to the Sam Goody brand name, although some locations did retain the Musicland name into the early 2000s.

In 1997, the Musicland Group converted the remaining Musicland stores to the Sam Goody brand.

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Musicland helped launch the careers of many prominent artists, including Michael Jackson.

In 1992, Musicland launched a major initiative with the rollout of its big-box Media Play concept.

The now Sun Capital owned Musicland Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2006, and in February announced the closing [1] of 226 Sam Goody and 115 Suncoast Motion Picture Company stores, and all Media Play locations.

In March 2006, Trans World Entertainment announced the purchase of Musicland's remaining 400 Sam Goody and Suncoast stores from Sun Capital, along with their websites.

Musicland store was one of the various stores reconstructed for the set of R L Stine's Fear Street at the North DeKalb Mall in Atlanta, Georgia.